J.R.S. contends that it is deliberate government policy to make life for refugees as difficult as possible.
Refugees
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James Martin, S.J.: Why we should welcome people from the countries Trump just insulted
Fr. James Martin, S.J., answers President Donald Trump’s question about why we should welcome people from poor, war-torn countries.
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One thing you can do to support migrants and refugees
President Trump’s latest racist remarks have many of asking: Who are we? What do we stand for? Who do we welcome and why?
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New Trump refugee policies could close more than 20 Catholic Charities resettlement offices
As many as 17 to 23 Catholic Charities offices around the country are now confronting the end of programs that have been successfully assimilating thousands of refugees into U.S. society for decades
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Catholics mark National Migration Week as threats to migrants mount
The undocumented “remind us who we were called to be, not only as a nation of immigrants but as a people of faith.”
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Pope Francis’ New Year priorities: Refugees, youths, trips and more Curia reform
Pope Francis, newly 81, will begin 2018 with a focus on Mary and on migrants and refugees.
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In California, a former Vietnamese refugee becomes a bishop
Bishop Nguyen was forced to flee his native country as a seminarian, spending 18 days at sea without food or water.
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Were Jesus, Mary and Joseph refugees? Yes.
A family is forced to flee their homeland for fear of persecution. This is the classic modern-day definition of a refugee.
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Pope Francis urged Jesuits in Myanmar to convert hearts of those closed to refugees
Pope Francis said a Jesuit’s mission is to be close to the people, especially those who are suffering and forgotten because “to see them is to see Christ suffering and crucified.”
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Bishops urge the United Kingdom to allow more child refugees from France
U.K. Catholic leaders urged the British government to accept more child refugees from northern France after reports that hundreds of young people are being forced to sleep outdoors in low temperatures.